VCPlatform.LibraryDirectories Property

Gets or sets a path to use when searching for library files while building a Visual C++ project.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property LibraryDirectories As String
    Get
    Set

string LibraryDirectories { get; set; }

property String^ LibraryDirectories {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

abstract LibraryDirectories : string with get, set

function get LibraryDirectories () : String
function set LibraryDirectories (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A path to use when searching for library files while building a Visual C++ project. LibraryDirectories corresponds to the environment variable, LIB.

Remarks

By default in Visual C++ 2010, this property does not inherit from parent or project defaults. To inherit defaults when you set an library files path, append the project $(LibraryPath) macro to the path. For an example of inheriting project defaults for a property similar to this one, see the remarks and example for ExcludeDirectories.

Examples

See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.

The following example modifies the LibraryDirectories property in the integrated development environment (IDE):

' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine

Public Module Module1
    Sub Test()
        Dim prj As VCProject
        Dim cfgs, tools As IVCCollection
        Dim cfg As VCConfiguration
        Dim p As VCPlatform
        Dim x As String
        prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
        p = prj.Platforms(1)
        x = p.LibraryDirectories
        p.LibraryDirectories = x + ";something"
        MsgBox(p.LibraryDirectories)
    End Sub
End Module

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

VCPlatform Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine Namespace